{"id":5693,"date":"2022-08-10T21:10:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T03:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=5693"},"modified":"2022-08-10T21:10:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T03:10:23","slug":"european-vacation-day-9-berliner-fernsehturm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2022\/08\/european-vacation-day-9-berliner-fernsehturm.html","title":{"rendered":"European Vacation Day 9: Berliner Fernsehturm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From the top of the Fernsehturm. We had to use Dave’s newer phone for this. Mine was struggling with the lighting with the bright background. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

25 July 22: Greetings from the Berlin Fernsehturm<\/a> — also known as the Berlin TV Tower. About 275m up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could spend all day up here getting the lay of the land. There are awesome descriptions of what you see every 6 degrees of the compass rose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The image on the information panel matched what we saw outside. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Our apartment building is in the foreground of this view. With the shadow of the tower creeping up on it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Brandenberg Gate is in the middle of this photo. With the Tiergarten behind it. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

25 July 22: Greetings from the Berlin Fernsehturm — also known as the Berlin TV Tower. About 275m up. I could spend all day up here getting the lay of the land. 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